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FDA Generic Drugs Forum 2025

Generic Drugs Forum (GDF) 2025:
April 9-10, 2025

The Generic Drugs Forum is an annual, two-day event that offers attendees the opportunity to hear from FDA subject matter experts from every part of the generic drug assessment program. The goal of the forum is to provide information to aid potential and current applicants by offering practical advice and taking a deep dive into the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) assessment process.

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Agenda & Speaker Bios

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Event Agenda

The agenda is under development and will be linked here when it is ready.

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Speaker Biographies

The speaker biographies document is under development and will be linked here when it is ready.

Onsite Attendance Information

VenueImage of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, MD, 20852-2785
Phone: (301) 822-9200

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Hotel Information

You may reserve your guest room by calling the hotel directly at (301) 822-9200 and ask to be added to the “FDA Generic Drugs Forum” room block, or use this link to reserve online. The room block will close on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, or when the block is full, so don’t delay, reserve your room now! You will be responsible for reserving and paying for your own room accommodation.

Transportation & Parking

  • North Bethesda (formerly White Flint) Metro Station – 100 steps from hotel
  • Day of Event Parking – $10 in the Conference Center Garage at 5928 Executive Boulevard, North Bethesda, MD 20852 (then follow signs to Conference Center)
  • Overnight Hotel Guest Parking: $23/per car, per night at Marriott Hotel Parking Lot: 5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, MD
  • See more information on the hotel’s Overview page

Dining

Please view the hotel’s Dining page for information on the food choice in the hotel.

Recording Disclosure

This event will be recorded and made available to the public after its conclusion. Any information shared publicly by participants during the event will become part of that recording. This includes the verbal questions and answers sessions.

For Reasonable Accommodations

If special accommodations at the workshop are needed due to a disability, please email CDERSBIA@fda.hhs.gov at least 7 days in advance of the workshop date. Requests for sign language interpretation or Computer Aided Realtime Translation (CART)/captioning should be made 2 weeks in advance of the workshop and should be sent directly to the FDA Interpreting Services Staff email account: interpreting.services@oc.fda.gov.

Virtual Attendance: LOGIN Information

The links below will become active on the day of the workshop.

Login One

Ability to submit questions, but cannot pause or rewind
1,000 seatsUse Login Two if this room is full

Login Two

Ability to submit questions, Ability to pause or rewind
Unlimited Seating

The above rooms will open ~15 minutes before each day begins.

If you encounter any technical issues, visit the Technical Issues Support Page

Files & Recordings

Download Presentation Slides:

ZIP of the Day One Slides

ZIP of the Day Two Slides

The links above will become active on the day before the event begins.

Evaluation & Certificate:

Evaluation & Certificate of Attendance

The above link will become active near the close of the first day of the event.

Session Recordings:

Recordings will be linked here as soon as they are available.

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Questions & More Information

Continuing Education:

Real-time attendance is required for the certificate of attendance which can be used in support of CEs for the following professional organizations.

Certificates are only available during the two weeks post-event (until April 24, 2025).

This event has been pre-approved by:

  • RAPS as eligible for a maximum of 12 credits for a two-day event (appropriate to real-time attendance) towards a participant’s RAC recertification upon full completion.
  • SOCRA who accepts documentation of candidate participation in continuing education programs for re-certification if the program is applicable to clinical research regulations, operations or management, or to the candidate’s clinical research therapeutic area.
  • SQA as eligible for 1 non-GCP or non-GLP unit for every 1 hour of instructional time towards a participant’s RQAP re-registration.
  • ACRP for continuing education in clinical research. ACRP will provide 1 ACRP contact hour for every 45-60 minutes of qualified material.

Questions?

Please refer the FAQs page on this website. If you are not able to find your answer there, please email us at info@sbiaevents.com.

More Information

If you have questions regarding the content of the event or other CDER-specific information, please: